| Cannes Film Festival 2000 Jury President: Luc Besson Other Jurors: Jonathan Demme, Nicole Garcia, Jeremy Irons, Mario Martone, Patrick Modiano, Arundhati Roy, Barbara Sukowa, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Kristin Scott Thomas |
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| Palme d'Or: | Dancer in the Dark, Denmark, dir. Lars von Trier |
| Grand Jury Prize: | Devils on the Doorstep, dir. Jiang Wen |
| Jury Prize: | Blackboards, dir. Samira Makhmalbaf Songs from the Second Floor, dir. Roy Andersson |
| Best Director: | Yi Yi (A One and a Two), Edward Yang |
| Best Actress: | Dancer in the Dark, Björk |
| Best Actor: | In the Mood for Love, Tony Leung |
| Best Screenplay: | Nurse Betty, James Flamberg and John C. Richards |
| Technical Grand Prize: | In the Mood for Love, Christopher Doyle and Mark Ping-bin Lee, cinematography, and William Chang, production design |
| FIPRESCI/International Critics Prize: | Eureka, dir. Shinji Aoyama |
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: | Code Unknown, dir. Michael Haneke Eureka, dir. Shinji Aoyama |
| Camera d'Or (first feature): | Djomeh, dir. Hassan Yektapanah A Time for Drunken Horses, dir. Bahman Ghobadi |
Competition Films I Have Seen:Ranked in order of preference
My Palme d'Or
Dancer in the Dark (Denmark, dir. Lars von Trier) -
Blackboards (Iran, dir. Samira Makhmalbaf) -
In the Mood for Love (Hong Kong, dir. Wong Kar-wai) -
Eureka (Japan, dir. Shinji Aoyama) -
Songs from the Second Floor (Sweden, dir. Roy Andersson) -
Code Unknown (France, dir. Michael Haneke) -
The Yards (USA, dir. James Gray) -
Yi Yi (A One and a Two) (Taiwan, dir. Edward Yang) -
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (USA, dir. Joel Coen) -
Nurse Betty (USA, dir. Neil LaBute) -
The Golden Bowl (USA/UK, dir. James Ivory) -
My Jury Votes:
| Best Director: | In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar-wai |
| Best Actress: | In the Mood for Love, Maggie Cheung |
| Best Actor: | Yi Yi (A One and a Two), Wu Nien-jen |
| Best Screenplay: | Blackboards, Samira and Mohsen Makhmalbaf |
| Technical Grand Prize: | In the Mood for Love, Christopher Doyle and Mark Ping-bin Lee, cinematography; William Chang, production design; and Shigeru Umebayahsi and Mike Galasso, music |
Sidebar Selections I Have Seen:Ranked in order of preference
Werckmeister Harmonies (Hungary, dir. Béla Tarr) -
Amores perros (Critics' Week: Mexico, dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu) -
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Out of Competition: Taiwan, dir. Ang Lee) -
A Time for Drunken Horses (Directors' Fortnight: Iran, dir. Bahman Ghobadi) -
The Gleaners and I (Out of Competition: France, dir. Agnès Varda) -
Not I (Critics' Week: Ireland, dir. Neil Jordan) -
La Captive (Directors' Fortnight: Belgium/France, dir. Chantal Akerman) -
Girlfight (Directors' Fortnight: USA, dir. Karyn Kusama) -
Things You Can Tell Just By Looking at Her (Un Certain Regard: USA, dir. Rodrigo Garcia) -
Requiem for a Dream (Out of Competition: USA, dir. Darren Aronofsky) -
Mission to Mars (Out of Competition: USA, dir. Brian De Palma) -
Nico and Dani (Krampáck) (Critics' Week: Spain, dir. Cesc Gay) -
Billy Elliot (Directors' Fortnight: UK, dir. Stephen Daldry) -
Cecil B. DeMented (Out of Competition: USA, dir. John Waters) -
The King Is Alive (Un Certain Regard: Denmark, dir. Kristian Levring) -
Competition Films I'm Curious to See:
Ranked in order of interest; more on this year's lineup here (opens in a new window)
Devils on the Doorstep, China, dir. Jiang Wen
Les Destinées, France, dir. Olivier Assayas
Faithless, Sweden, dir. Liv Ullmann
Taboo, Japan, dir. Nagisa Oshima
Kippur, Israel, dir. Amos Gitaï
Bread and Roses, UK, dir. Ken Loach
Esther Kahn, France, dir. Arnaud Desplechin
Chunhyang, South Korea, dir. Im Kwon-taek
The Wedding, Russia, dir. Pavel Lungin
With a Friend Like Harry..., France, dir. Dominik Moll
Turbulence, Brazil, dir. Ruy Guerra
Fast Food, Fast Women, USA/France/Italy, dir. Amos Kollek
Sidebar Films I'm Curious to See:
Listed alphabetically; more on this year's lineup here (opens in a new window)
| Un Certain Regard: |
Djomeh, Iran, dir. Hassan Yekpatanah The Season of Men, Tunisia/France, dir. Moufida Tlatli The Vertical Ray of the Sun, Vietnam, dir. Tran Anh Hung Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, South Korea, dir. Hong Sang-soo |
| Directors' Fortnight: |
Lumumba, France/Haiti, dir. Raoul Peck Peppermint Candy, South Korea, dir. Lee Chang-dong Some Voices, UK, dir. Simon Cellan Jones |
| Out of Competition: |
Vatel, France/UK, dir. Roland Joffé |
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